Refraktions

May 9, 2019

AUM transport control.

June 27, 2018

• Improvements to the AI for high density compositions. • Improvements to Audiobus loading for Audiobus 3.3.1.

May 21, 2018

• Real-time note mapping to the user-selected octave and scale. Includes incoming MIDI notes from external sources. • Added a customizable musical scale.

March 24, 2018

• Ability to disable a track, simplifying the interface when fewer than the full 8 tracks are needed. • Additions to the Support Section in the Settings Panel.

January 24, 2018

MIDI, Audiobus, and AUM integration bug fixes.

January 15, 2018

• Notes are easier to trigger on touches-moved, so screen acts more like a keyboard. • Track volume slider now controls MIDI note velocty. • Improved MIDI destination display on main screen and settings panel. • Bug fixes for AUM and Audiobus loading. • Music will continue to play during a locked screen when Background Mode is ON.

January 2, 2018

• Audiobus 3.0.2 added. Refraktions is available as an Audio Source, MIDI Source, and MIDI Filter. • App can now receive note input from external MIDI controllers or other iOS apps (as destination "Refraktions"). • Play / pause functionality added by tapping center circle. • Added 8th synth, "Coastal Synth." • Added ability to change root key in musical scales. • Added per-track customization of playback, composition, volume, and pitch. • Added global and per-track customization of MIDI sources and destinations. • Added shake detection, which rearranges the composition. • Improved note creation, including fixes to MIDI on / off for each tap. • Rebuilt internal metronome with average drift variance of < 0.7 ms. • Switch from UserDefaults to CoreData for data storage.

March 9, 2017

• Audiobus 2.3.2 added, all sounds routed to a single send port. • Added 14 musical scales. • Rebuilt audio engine for lower latency and future expandability. • Rebuilt gesture recognizers for better control of tempo and jog wheel. • Added right-swipe gesture to erase sounds of individual instruments. • Improved AI to better reproduce user's composition density.

January 24, 2017

• Background Mode was added to the Settings Panel, allowing the app to play audio or send MIDI notes while in the background. • MIDI Destinations was added to the Settings Panel, giving the user the option to choose specific, or multiple, MIDI destinations, including other MIDI-enabled iOS apps.

January 4, 2017

• Ableton Link was added, enabling Refraktions to sync with any other Ableton Link enabled device. • Sequencer Mode was added, simplying the process of sending MIDI sequences to external and modular synthesizers. • An artificial intelligence was added, complete with memory, the ability to learn the user's preferences, and generate new compositions based on that data. • Sequencer jog-wheel was added, giving the user more control over the song position. • Settings Panel was added inside the app for easier customization. • Ability to choose major or minor scale was added.